Basimah

Basimah بسيمة
Village
] Basimah, in the 1880s, from Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, vol 2, p. 199
Basimah
Coordinates: 33°36′17″N 36°11′41″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq Governorate
District	Qudsaya District
Nahiyah	Qudsaya
Population  (2004 census)
• Total	2,812
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	11

Basimah (Arabic: بسيمة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northwest of Damascus in the Wadi Barada. Nearby localities include Ain al-Fijah, Deir Qanun, al-Dimas, Jdeidat al-Wadi, Deir Muqaran and Kfeir al-Zayt. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Basimah had a population of 2,812 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.